Prosecutors charge suspect with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as an act of terrorism
- Luigi Mangione has been charged with first-degree murder for killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last month, according to New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
- Mangione faces one charge of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder, including one for killing as an act of terrorism, Bragg stated.
- Police found a handwritten manifesto from Mangione that expressed grievances against corporate America.
- Bragg described the shooting as a frightening, well-planned, and targeted murder intended to evoke terror.
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How NY prosecutors used terrorism law against Luigi Mangione
New York — New York prosecutors are using a 9/11-era anti-terrorism law in their case against the man charged with gunning down UnitedHealthcare’s CEO outside a midtown Manhattan hotel.Luigi Mangione was indicted on charges of murder as an act of terrorism, under a state law that allows for stiffer sentences when a killing is aimed at terrifying civilians or influencing government.
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The man accused of murdering the director general of UnitedHealthcare has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday while working to transfer him to a New York court from a Pennsylvania jail. Luigi Mangione was already charged with murder for the death of Brian Thompson on December 4, but the charge of terrorism is new. According to New York law, such a charge may be brought when it is alleged that a crime “is int…
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